Researchers at UC-Berkeley and U-Chicago reasoned that, since language is predominantly processed in the left hemisphere of the brain, any effect on perception should have an effect predominantly on the right visual field, which is also processed on the left. After comparing reaction times for hues of blue-green -- colors with distinct names in one language but not another -- they concluded, in a just-published paper, that the Whorf hypothesis holds for the right visual field, but not the left.

Ok. What I mean is, "neurons that fire together, wire together." The more you use something, the more it's reinforced. They imply that internal language structures/processes affect perception. I suggest that, potentially, external effects of language-as-a-tool might be the cause. Basically, though, I'm just suggesting a more indirect path to the whorfian hypothesis, but I'm not endorsing it. It sounds like they're on to something.

Neat stuff, but it makes me feel like there was something I'm supposed to make with it. Hmmh.